Monday, August 13, 2007

Return from Vacation

Vacations are great.

We found what we were looking for in SW France and Spain. Sun and heat. The area is arid, with the Corbieres Range in the distance, the beautiful Mediterrean before us and olive groves and peachtree orchards in the intervening fields. And oh, yes, vineyards on every available space of land.

The beach at Port Leucate, France was wide and sandy, and NOT overcrowded. It was perfect.

Barcelona was large. Also hot and sunny. The best part was visiting a cousin and spending hours talking, especially about the Lord.

Goodreads.com

Henry James is becoming one of those authors I am starting to love to hate. Every time I finish one of his books, I could kick myself. Why did I put myself through the agony of becoming invested in his characters only to have them end so...

I read this book b/c my 15 yr. old daughter gave it high marks, as well as a respected Christian writer, so I wanted to see what all the hype was about.
It lived up to expectations, since I put aside my current reading to finish it in a...